Garment-stretcher



No. 622,ll2. Patented Mar. 28, I899. .1. F. BROOK.

GARMENT STRETCHER.

(Application filed June 6, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

No. 622,!l2.

Patented Mar. 28, I899. J. F. BROOK.

GARMENT STRETCHER.

(Application filed June 6, 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model) naw/whom I (/0792; 1C fiiock' NrrE STATES PATENT Fries,

JOHN F. BROOK, OF SPARTA, \VISCONSIN.

GARMENTFSTRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 622,112, dated March28, 1899.

Application filed June 6, 1898. Serial No. 682,735. (No model.)

To ctZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. BROGK, a citi-' zen of the United States,residing at Sparta, in the county of Monroe and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in garment-hangers and itconsists, essentially,

in a hanger constructed in the form of a double loop and comprising amain stem or supporting member having oppositely-disposed clampin g-armsextending longitudinally thereof in reverse directions, each of saidarms being provided with suitable fastening means to maintain it inclamping position and the construction and arrangement of said partsbeing such that one or two pairs of trousers, as desired, may beconveniently suspended and kept in proper form for wear.

The invention further consists in a clotheshanger of the characterspecified having its clamping arms provided with suspendinghooks, bymeans of which the hanger is also adapted for supporting ladiesdress=skirts.

The invention finally consists in a garmenthanger embodying certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of parts,which will behereinafter more fully described, and specifically defined in theappended claim.

The objectof the invention isto provide a simple, cheap, and durablegarment=-hanger constructed of a single piece of wire and capable ofsupporting two pairs of trousers or two dress-skirts or one of each, asdesired, and one in which the parts areeasy of access and adapted to bereadily and conveniently operated to clamp or release the garments.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the manner of using my inventionas a trousers-hanger. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of same.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the invention in use as askirt-supporter. Fig. 4: is a top plan view of same. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the hanger, showing one of the clamping-arms closedand the other opened.

0 is formed by bending the wire laterally and outwardly at one end 0 ofthe stem to form a return bend portion and extending the samelongitudinally alongside said stem to the opposite end d thereof, whilethe arm D is formed by bending the wire in like manner at said latterend in the reverse direction and extending the same along the oppositeside of the stem back to the end a. By this 0011- struction it will beseen that the two arms project in reverse directions parallel with themain stem, or, in other words, toward the opposite ends of the stem, andform, in connection therewith, when closed two oppositely-arranged loopsor receiving-openings for the reception of the garments to be suspended.

The stem may be bent intermediate of its length to form a substantiallyinverted-U- shaped loop E, as shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive,wherebythe hanger may be suspended from a hook or nail, or the bentportion may be twisted to form a hook E for the same purpose, as shownin Fig. 7. The clampingarms may be secured in any desired manner toconfine a garment; but for simplicity of construction I preferablyprovide the same at their free ends with inwardly and downwardlyprojecting hooks f and g, which take into keepers formed by thereturn-bend portions cand d at the junction of the stem with said arms.The arms are also bent to form hooks or humps h and '5, each arm beingprovided with apair of such hooks or humps, one adjacent each endthereof and facing the corresponding hook on the opposite arm.

The wire of which the hangeris made may be nickel-plated or enameled toproduce a neat and attractive article and to prevent the same fromrusting.

The manner of using my improved hanger as a trousers-supporter isclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, from which it will be seen that the legsof the trousers are folded along the usual crease-line, laid in contactwith each other, and clamped between the main stem and one of theclamping-arms. One or two pairs of trousers may thus be suspended withequal facility and maintained in proper form for wear, the weight of thetrousers tending to preserve the crease and to correct undue bagging atthe knees.

The manner of using the hanger as a skirtsupporter is shown in Figs. 3and 4, the usual loops j on the inner side of the waistband of eachskirt being engaged with the suspending-hooks 7L or i, as the case maybe, on one of the clamping-arms. The hanger will c011- veniently holdtwo pair of trousers,two skirts, or one of each, and one may be readilyand quickly removed without liability of disengaging or in the leastinterfering with the other.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and mode of use of the invention will befully understood, and it will be seen that it provides a hanger which issimple, durable, and inexpensive in construction,

efficient in operation, and embodies advantages due to its peculiarconstruction alone.

It will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion,and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of theinvention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages thereof.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new and useful,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A garment-hanger constructed of a single piece of wire bent into theform of a double loop, said loop consisting of a main stem or memberprovided with suspending means,

and movable.clamping-arms arranged on opposite sides of the said stemand projecting in reverse directions, said arms being provided at theirfree ends with hooks adapted' JOHN F. llROCK.

Vitn esses:

Louis T. HILL, E. II. CANFIELD.

